Highest-paying Cities for Short Order Cooks

The top 100 highest paying cities for short order cooks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of short order cooks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $42,480, Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine is the highest paying city for short order cooks. It is followed by Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $42,290). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of short order cooks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Short Order Cooks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$42,480	$30,610	320
2	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$42,290	$32,580	150
3	Ithaca, New York	$42,150	$30,840	70
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$40,600	$33,280	2,050
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,110	$35,350	1,810
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$39,870	$37,760	1,260
7	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$39,520	$31,660	190
8	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$39,060	$32,960	180
9	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$38,940	$29,520	200
10	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$38,100	$28,510	1,580
11	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$37,950	$28,490	200
12	Napa, California	$37,940	$35,880	110
13	Prescott, Arizona	$37,930	$29,760	40
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$37,600	$33,950	270
15	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$37,480	$32,890	70
16	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,280	$30,770	1,150
17	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,140	$30,770	200
18	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$37,090	$27,180	30
19	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,060	$30,570	290
20	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$36,920	$31,660	790
21	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$36,920	$32,300	140
22	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$36,850	$29,900	740
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$36,790	$29,990	490
24	Salinas, California	$36,550	$33,120	220
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$36,550	$35,340	670
26	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$36,530	$31,640	760
27	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$36,100	$30,930	80
28	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,920	$30,320	150
29	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$35,870	$31,200	190
30	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$35,720	$31,150	160
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$35,590	$33,180	1,150
32	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$35,550	$28,060	200
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,550	$33,390	590
34	Spokane, Washington	$35,500	$30,140	150
35	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$35,480	$28,570	60
36	Ocean City, New Jersey	$35,460	$28,230	130
37	Anchorage, Alaska	$35,420	$27,370	310
38	Bellingham, Washington	$35,380	$30,310	110
39	Stockton, California	$35,360	$32,460	210
40	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$35,360	$28,870	780
41	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,350	$32,400	1,310
42	Redding, California	$35,180	$31,070	60
43	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$35,170	$28,980	140
44	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,070	$30,320	120
45	Rochester, Minnesota	$35,030	$29,990	80
46	Yakima, Washington	$34,920	$30,140	90
47	Rochester, New York	$34,860	$28,690	470
48	Modesto, California	$34,850	$29,120	160
49	Kingston, New York	$34,840	$29,190	70
50	Visalia-Porterville, California	$34,810	$31,080	150
51	Peabody, Massachusetts	$34,630	$28,820	220
52	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$34,510	$29,640	150
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$34,460	$22,880	1,430
54	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$34,440	$32,040	70
55	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$34,340	$27,300	250
56	Bangor, Maine	$34,340	$29,640	100
57	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$34,330	$32,160	6,290
58	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$34,250	$27,810	70
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,220	$31,660	10,030
60	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$34,130	$28,860	100
61	Fresno, California	$34,070	$29,800	510
62	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$34,050	$29,120	170
63	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$34,010	$30,030	310
64	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$34,000	$29,540	100
65	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,000	$30,580	4,680
66	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,990	$28,910	210
67	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$33,960	$29,120	140
68	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$33,920	$20,410	80
69	St Cloud, Minnesota	$33,910	$30,520	40
70	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,870	$28,510	120
71	Danbury, Connecticut	$33,480	$27,400	80
72	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$33,430	$23,720	160
73	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$33,280	$26,970	1,090
74	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$33,180	$24,480	1,080
75	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$33,170	$29,170	50
76	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$33,130	$27,460	80
77	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$33,120	$28,860	190
78	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$33,000	$27,300	170
79	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$32,900	$21,430	n/a
80	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$32,890	$28,660	240
81	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$32,840	$22,900	n/a
82	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$32,750	$27,040	130
83	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$32,450	$24,690	40
84	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$32,330	$25,650	1,370
85	Syracuse, New York	$32,080	$27,960	300
86	Salem, Oregon	$31,940	$31,840	170
87	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$31,840	$25,400	210
88	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$31,830	$21,900	520
89	Bend, Oregon	$31,830	$31,400	90
90	Elmira, New York	$31,660	$28,150	30
91	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$31,520	$28,760	120
92	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$31,520	$27,930	310
93	New Haven, Connecticut	$31,500	$31,080	70
94	Boulder, Colorado	$31,380	$26,640	180
95	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$31,370	$29,120	60
96	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$31,340	$24,960	2,360
97	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$31,260	$29,920	250
98	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,220	$29,170	40
99	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$31,200	$26,290	60
100	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$31,140	$30,440	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for short order cooks.